Locking device for fastening devices of corsets



(:No Model.)

S. J. ROOT.

IIOGKING DEVICE FOR FASTENING DEVICES 0F OORSBTS.

No. 534,760. Patented Feb. 26, 1895.

NITED STATES- SARAH J. ROOT, on NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 534,760, dated February26, 1895.

Application filed August 16,1894. Serial No. 520,441. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH J. ROOT, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improve 'ment inLooking Devices for the Fastening Devices of Corsets; and I do herebydeclare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings and the letters of to produce, at a very lowcost for manufac-'reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent, in-

Figure 1, a broken view, in front elevation, showing the application oftwo of my improved locking devices to the lower ends of the two busks ofa corset; Fig. 2, a detached view, in front elevation, of the device.

My invention relates to an improvement in looking devices for that classof corsets, the fastening devices whereof comprise headed studs andhooks adapted to be engaged therewith, the object of my presentinvention being ture, a simple, convenient and effective looking device,adapted to be transferred from one corset to another and designed toprevent the hooks of their fastening devices from bein g disengaged fromthe headed studs thereof.

WVith these ends in view, my invention consists in certain details ofconstruction and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter describedand pointed out in the claim.

In carrying out my invention, I form indies from a single piece ofsheet-metal, a small plate, comprising a handle-end A and a locking-endA, the former being adapted in size and shape to be conveniently graspedby the thumb and fingers for manipulating the device, and the lattercontaining a central, longitudinally-arranged, elongated slot a uniformin width throughout its length and a clearance notch a ofisettinglaterally as shown from the inner end of the inner side wall of the saidslot.

It is apparent that the particular contour of the locking device may bewidely varied in detail, but in any form it will comprise a handle-endand a locking-end, the former being adapted to be grasped by the thumband fingers and the latter containing a locking slot and a clearancenotch.

My improved locking device is designed to independently of the corsets.

be used with a corset having one of its busks, B, furnished with headedstuds 0, and the other of its busks, B, furnished with sheetmetal hooks0, containing slots or openings, the inner ends of which are enlarged topermit the hooks to be engaged with the studs.

I do not, however, limit the use of my improved locking device to afastening device consisting of headed studs and hooks of the form shown,for the hooks might be changed in form or construction withoutinterfering with the use of my improvement.

I may employ one, or more than one, of my improved locking devices ineach corset, it being particularly desired that the hook and stud at thelower ends of the busks should be provided with a fastening device, forthe particular hook and stud mentioned are more likely than any othersto become unfastened, allowing the lower ends of the busks to separate,which not only impairs the fit and convenience of the corset but alsoendangers the busks, as when so separated they are very likely to bebent too far and broken.

My design is'that my improved locking devices shall be made and suppliedto the trade On account of being independent thereof, they may betransferred from one corset to another, as desired. In applying thelocking device, it is presented to the headed stud with which it isdesired to engage it in the inclined position in which the upper lockingdevice of the two shown in Fig. l of the drawings is represented, thehook having been previously engaged with the stud in the usual manner.In this way the clearance notch is passed under the head and over theshank of the stud, the head of the stud being thus allowed to passthrough the slot to permit the device to be drawn down into its normalpendent position, in which. it is supported by gravityand in which itisretained upon the stud by'the head thereof. Obvi ously, as long as thefastening device is retained upon the head of the stud the hook cannotbe disengaged therefrom. If the'device should be lifted in any manner soas to cause the stud to move into the lower end of the slot or to thepoint therein opposite the clearance notch, the device will not on thataccount be disengaged, because, to effect that result, it must be cantedor inclined, and in that position drawn away from the head of the stud.

I am aware that a slotted sheet-metal locking device for locking thefastening devices of a corset against disengagement is old, and I donot, therefore, claim such a construction broadly.

I am further aware thata fastening device having an elongated slotconstructed with'an offset or clearance notch is old, and I do not claimsuch a construction broadly.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is In a corset, the combination with the busksthereof, of headed studs and laterally arranged sheet-metal hooksrespectively applied to the said busks, and the said hooks havingopenings enlarged at theirinner ends to receive the said headed studs;and avertically arranged pendent locking device consisting solely of avertically elongated single piece'of sheet-metal of which the upper endforms alocking-end, and'th'e lower end a handle-end, the former havingformed in it a longitudinally arranged vertical slot, uniform in widththroughout its length, and also having formed in it near'its lower'end asingle clearance notch, offsetting laterally from one of the side wallsof the said slot, and combining with the slot to form a sufficientclearance opening for the application of the device to, and its removalfrom one of the headed studs when the device is in a tilted or inclinedposition with respect to the head of the stud, substantially asdescribed.

